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Generals looking for families
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Huron Expositor
Shaun Gregory
Starting up a hockey team from
scratch comes with its positives
and negatives, of late the Seaforth
Generals are enjoying being the
town's newest team, but their pre-
dicament still stands.
Where are these new out-of-
town hockey players going to live?
Currently one of the three own-
ers of the Seaforth Generals, T.J.
Runhart is in need of several billet
families. As he has said before, all
the boys require is a clean wel-
coming home, their own room
with a bed and good mattress and
a desk/workspace for homework.
Since the boys will be driving on
a bus to home games, Runhart
hinted that if Seaforth families are
interested they only need a room
available, nothing else will be
necessary.
"People that stay in Seaforth can
walk to the rink or myself or other
staff will pick them up for practice
and games," explained Runhart
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August 31. "We are looking for
four to six families that are willing
to open their doors to a young
man, who is going to do his part."
"A big part of the Billet Program
is they help around the house. If
Mrs. Smith calls me and says Joey
isn't helping out then we are going
to have a sit down with him."
Out of the 17 already signed
three or four hockey players don't
need a place to rest their head. If
all goes as planned, a couple
future signings could possibly be
in the mix for the Generals. Run -
hart said that may lead to a more
urgent need for billets.
"These kids are here as a privi-
lege, they are not here because
they earned it, they are here to
work at what they do and that's
playing hockey. But they are also
here to build themselves as
human beings," stated Runhart.
"Nobody is here because they
are the next Wayne Gretzlcy and
they don't have to do anything."
At the moment, Runhart and
the Generals are looking for rental
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properties in the area.
The Seaforth team has a one
year contract with the Cheyenne
Stampedes, an organization from
the Western States Hockey
League. Runhart said it's essential
to find homes for his latest addi-
tions, as he will find himself hav-
ing to house call-ups from the
WSHL. For this reason he will be
leaving some space open on the
roster's limit of 25 players.
"They can send who ever they
want to see progress and develop
and maybe use as an affiliated
player," said Runhart. "We are
hoping this could lead to some-
thing bigger and better as years go
by."
"You've got a small stepping
stone to start, same as the billets,
this year we got a few billets.
Next year we could get a lot more
and by the third year we might
have to turn billets away, you
never know."
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